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John Henry Bear 1807 – 1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Apr 1807

Birth Location: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1 Oct 1865

Death Location: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Father: CHRISTIAN BEAR

Mother: ELIZABETH HOTTEL

Spouse(s): Rachel Crawford

Children(s): Christian Bear, James Bear, William Bear, Mary Bear

John Henry Bear was born in 1807 in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA, the child of CHRISTIAN BEAR and ELIZABETH ANN HOTTEL. John Henry Bear married Rachel Lessley Crawford, and had children including Christian Alexander Bear, James Harvey Bear, William Andrew Bear, Mary Elizabeth Bear. John Henry Bear passed away in 1865 in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • John Henry Bear was born in 1807 in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA, the child of CHRISTIAN BEAR and ELIZABETH ANN HOTTEL.
  • John Henry Bear married Rachel Lessley Crawford, and had children including Christian Alexander Bear, James Harvey Bear, William Andrew Bear, Mary Elizabeth Bear.
  • John Henry Bear passed away in 1865 in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

CHRISTIAN BEAR
1783 – 1847
Birth Location: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
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ELIZABETH HOTTEL
1787 – 1847
Birth Location: Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Rachel Crawford
1803 – 1864
Birth Location: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, USA
RC

Children(s)

Christian Bear
1830 – 1902
Birth Location: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia
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James Bear
1833 – 1863
Birth Location: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, United States
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William Bear
1835 – 1863
Birth Location: Augusta, VA
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Mary Bear
1836 – 1925
Birth Location: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia, United States
MB

John Bear's Ancestors

Self
John Bear
1807 – 1865
Birth Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Parents
CHRISTIAN BEAR
1783 – 1847
Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
ELIZABETH (ANN) HOTTEL
1787 – 1847
Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Andrew (T) Bear
1759 – 1841
Mummasburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Veronica Groff
1763 – 1842
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Henry Hottel
1748 – 1789
Mt Olive, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Annastina (Charlotte) Hamman
1750 – 1869
Valley, Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Bear
1724 – 1788
Istana Miller\Mueller
1726 – 1791
Christian Groff
1729 – 1808
Veronica Snavely
1731 – 1811
Johannes Hottel
1722 – 1782
Elisabetha Dochtermann
1730 – 1787
Johann (Amman)
1706 – 1762
Anna Clam
1711 – 1755
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jagley Bear
1683 – 1740
Anna Mueller
– 1750
Adam Miller
1703 – 1783
Anna Leininger
1701 – 1783
Michael Groff
1707 – 1771
Elizabeth Herr
1707 – 1790
Jacob Snavely
1704 – 1781
Veronica Kreider
1708 – 1789
Johannes Hodel
1681 – 1760
Elisabetha Hildebrandt
1686 – 1726
Melchior Dochtermann
Agatha Zeidler
Johann Amman
1677 – 1737
Anna Rohte
1672 – 1755
Philpp Clam
Catharina Zollingers

John Bear's Descendants

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John (Henry) Bear (16 Apr 1807 – 1 Oct 1865) m. Rachel (Lessley) Crawford (24 MAY 1803 – 15 OCT 1864)
  1. 1. Christian (Alexander) Bear (15 Aug 1830 – 19 Jan 1902) m. Martha (Jane) Curry (1828 – 20 February 1901)
    1. 1. Floid Bear (18 December 1855 – 7 April 1858)
    2. 2. Mildred (Rachel) Bear (30 Jun 1858 – 11 AUG 1922)
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Prudence "Bettie") Bear (Jul 1860 – 22 Dec 1941) m. Franklin (Pierce) Miller (1857 – 25 Apr 1915)
      1. 1. Mamie (Dunlap) Miller (Sep 1883 – 4 Jan 1959) m. Furr
      2. 2. Christian (Alexander) Miller (Mar 1885 – 27 May 1966) m. Claribel (Lea) Marshall (10 June 1899 – 15 March 1995)
        1. 1. June (Marshall) Ferguson (9 June 1916 – 4 July 2008)
      3. 3. Grace (Bear) Miller (19 APR 1887 – 30 Jun 1910)
        1. 1. Robert (Franklin) Walton (8 Sep 1915 – 26 Jul 1966)
      4. 4. Harvey (Henderson) Miller (9 February 1890 – 2 Aug 1968) m. Mary (Jane) O'Dell (abt 1896 – 1948) m. Susie (Haley) Carter (29 July 1903 – 7 August 1984)
        1. 1. Mary (Helen) Miller (26 May 1915 – 26 Dec 1972) m. Christian Gaupp
        2. 2. James (Wendell) Miller (23 Jul 1917 – 28 Jun 1996)
        3. 3. Harry (Howard) Miller (abt 1917 – 28 Jun 1996) m. Grace (Golda Hopkins) (Underwood?) (3 Oct 1918 – 4 January 2011)
        4. 4. Melba (Oriole (Odell) Miller) Lilly (abt 1917 – Apr 1985) m. Jay (Victor) Lilly (28 February 1914 – 27 December 2004)
        5. 5. Nellie (Virginia) Miller (17 Nov 1920 – 2 Oct 2000) m. Samuel (Arthur) Boatman (13 April 1917 – 18 November 1954)
        6. 6. Margaret (Louise) Miller (25 Dec 1922 – 2 Oct 2008) m. Col. (Beryl Leon) Boatman** (abt 1922 – 06 Oct 1983)
        7. 7. Betty (Jane) Miller (28 Apr 1926 – 27 Apr 1990) m. Melvin (S) Wise (16 Mar 1911 – 10 Jul 1998)
        8. 8. Marshall (Earl) Miller (18 Dec 1927 – 10 May 1999) m. Muriel (Fern) Smock (26 May 1930 – 15 Feb 2015)
        9. 9. George (McRae) Miller (19 April 1930 – 3 October 1931)
        10. 10. William (Rae) Miller (abt 1934 – 19 Mar 2013) m. Shirley (Ann) Cox (abt 1934 – )
        11. 11. James (Wendell) Miller (14 Apr 1936 – 21 Aug 2002) m. Sylvia (Ruth) Miller
        12. 12. Thomas (Clark) Miller (21 Feb 1939 – 7 Apr 2022) m. Anna (Marie) Vandall (18 Nov 1942 – )
      5. 5. Margaret (Mildred) Miller (Apr 1891 – 8 Dec 1976) m. James (Knieriem) Rishel (abt 1899 – 8 Oct 1984)
        1. 1. James (Philip) Rishel (21 May 1926 – 21 May 1926)
        2. 2. Donald (Knieriem) Rishel (abt 1928 – 21 Jan 2006)
      6. 6. Zada (Oriole) Miller (6 Jun 1893 – 3 Mar 1944) m. George Miller (abt 1890 – )
      7. 7. Marshall (l David) Miller (10 Oct 1895 – 1920)
      8. 8. John (Skinner) Miller (1898 – ) m. Hattie (Augusta) Ogden (abt 1906 – )
      9. 9. James (Henry Clement) Miller (1901 – 13 Oct 1992)
        1. 1. Garnet (May) Wood (10 February 1931 – 11 July 2023)
      10. 10. Holmes (Ralston Miller) * (10 Mar 1905 – 4 Dec 1974) m. Louise (Virginia) Donald (18 DEC 1906 – 22 Jul 1976)
        1. 1. Robin (Pierce) Miller (25 Jan 1930 – 13 Sep 2010) m. Sara (Frances) Epperson (24 February 1936 – 11 February 2019)
    4. 4. Sarah Bear (abt 1863 – )
    5. 5. Laura (M.) Bear (15 May 1865 – 15 June 1939)
    6. 6. Louiza Bear (1866 – )
    7. 7. Martha (Crawford "Mattie") Bear (1 Aug 1868 – 16 Dec 1915)
  2. 2. James (Harvey) Bear (1833 – 14 Mar 1863)
  3. 3. William (Andrew) Bear (1835 – 14 Mar 1863)
  4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Bear (8 Feb 1836 – 25 Apr 1925)

John Bear's Timeline

6 Records

1807
6 April 1807
Birth of John Henry Bear in Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
1807
16 Apr 1807
Birth of John Henry Bear in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1807
16 Apr 1807
Birth of John Henry Bear in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1865
1 October 1865
Age 58
Death of John Henry Bear in Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
1865
1 Oct 1865
Age 58
Death of John Henry Bear in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1865
1 Oct 1865
Age 58
Death of John Henry Bear in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 April 1807
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1807
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1807
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 October 1865
    Event Place: Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1865
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1865
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
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